Introduction to Xhosa Culture
Author : P. T. Mtuze
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Xhosa (African people)
ISBN : 9780869862315
Author : P. T. Mtuze
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Xhosa (African people)
ISBN : 9780869862315
Author : J.C. Oosthuysen
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1928357075
Written by a life-long language practioner who has spoken isiXhosa since childhood, this grammar represents a significant advance in understanding the structure of isiXhosa, the language of more than 8 million South Africans. In this ground-breaking book isiXhosa is described in its own right, freeing it from preconceived grammatical ideas derived from European languages. All the features of the language are portrayed in this revisionist grammar that reinvents isiXhosa as a language with its own genius. All students of isiXhosa urgently need this book. Both mother-tongue speakers and those studying isiXhosa as a second or third language have to take cognisance of this new approach to escape the restrictions imposed by a Eurocentric bias. It is essential to authors of textbooks and those who prescribe syllabi. It is also of significance for those attempting to gain insight in the structure of related African languages.
Author : Clive Duncan
Publisher : Pearson South Africa
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Heritage tourism
ISBN : 9781770251410
Author : Patricia Schonstein
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 32,41 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Author : Zowie Davy
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1529721946
This two-volume Handbook provides a major thematic overview of global sexualities, spanning each of the continents, and its study, which is both reflective and prospective, and includes traditional approaches and emerging themes. The Handbook offers a robust theoretical underpinning and critical outlook on current global, glocal, and ‘new’ sexualities and practices, whilst offering an extensive reflection on current challenges and future directions of the field. The broad coverage of topics engages with a range of theories, and maintains a multi-disciplinary framework. PART ONE: Understanding Sexuality: Epistemologies/Conceptual and Methodological Challenges PART TWO: Enforcing and Challenging Sexual Norms PART THREE: Interrogating/Undoing Sexual Categories PART FOUR: Enhancement Practices and Sexual Markets/Industries PART FIVE: Sexual Rights and Citizenship (And the Governance of Sexuality) PART SIX: Sexuality and Social Movements PART SEVEN: Language and Cultural Representation
Author : Paula D. Nesbitt
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0819233188
Indaba! depicts the adventures and challenges of participants who explored mutual listening and understanding across the worldwide Anglican Communion through the innovative Continuing Indaba project. Indaba is an African Zulu cultural process for engaging differences of view on a shared concern. Introduced to the Anglican Communion for the 2008 Lambeth Conference, it has been adapted and used as a transformative resource for church, interfaith, and civic organizations to use alongside other processes of relationship-building, conflict transformation, reconciliation, decision-making, and governance. As a groundbreaking book, Indaba! shares findings from a cross-cultural research team who traveled with the participants, documenting their observations through interviews and survey research. The wisdom and practices of this indigenous cultural tradition offer fresh insights on how to maintain healthy and vital communities that respect differences of culture, belief, and viewpoint in moving forward together. The use of indaba in contemporary global religious and civic life offers a path forward for genuine postcolonial relationships, partnerships, and mission, grounded in deeper understanding and mutual respect.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Xhosa language
ISBN : 9780620138901
Author : Deon Delport
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 10,80 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Xhosa language
ISBN :
Author : Tolly Bradford
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 22,68 MB
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0774822821
The spread of Christianity is often told as a story of conquest, of powerful European missionaries waging a cultural assault on hapless indigenous victims. Yet the presence of indigenous men among missionary ranks in the nineteenth century complicates these narratives. What compelled these individuals to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and indigenous in an age of empire? Tolly Bradford finds answers to these questions in the lives and legacies of Henry Budd, a Cree missionary from western Canada, and Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa missionary from southern Africa. Inspired by both faith and family, these men found in Christianity a way to construct a modern conception of indigeneity, one informed by their ties to Britain and rooted in land and language, rather than religion and lifestyle. Prophetic Identities portrays indigenous missionaries not as victims of colonialism but rather as people who made conscious, difficult choices about their spirituality, identity, and relationship with the British colonial world.
Author : Tony Dold
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1431402990
.".. book which explores the journey of celebrating the link between people and nature, the book reveals how plants, animals and landscapes are profoundly reflected in Xhosa language, stories, poetry, religious rituals, healing practices and everyday customs that define Xhosa culture. Over the years cultural and spiritual meaning of nature in South Africa has been poorly recorded and often misunderstood. The current trade of medicinal plants is often destructive and unsustainable with an estimated 27 million South Africans making use of indigenous medicines. This is a serious detriment as natural resources have been a reliant for underprivileged people who gain food, fuel, medicines, and building materials from wild plants. Therefore the addition of information on edible and medicinal plants is of extreme importance ... Voices from the Forest gives a fresh positive approach to biodiversity conservation in SA by showing that people\2019s values for natural resources can be considered positively as a way forward to continued sustainable use. The book explores the role that nature plays in the cultural and spiritual landscapes of the Xhosa people in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and serves as a pointer to sustainable practices in the future. The underlying aim is ultimately sustaining cultural heritage and conserving biodiversity because in our modernising world cultural diversity is threatened by the loss of natural diversity and finding ways of protecting the region's biodiversity and cultural diversity is of vital importance"--Publisher's website.